Archive for the ‘QV is Beautiful’ Category
August 14th
We offer address book refills for several of our planners. Recently, a couple of readers requested a similar format for notes. (“I may not always need an address book, but a pull-in, pull-out note section would be invaluable,” wrote a reader from D.C.)
It sounds like a good idea to me, but I’m curious to hear what others think. Would you be willing to pay a couple dollars extra for a detachable notes supplement? Or, in order to keep your favorite planner the same price, would you swap the address book for it? Are there any other supplements you’d like to see instead, or in addition?
August 8th
Many of our datebook covers come in a broad range of colors and designs, but so far, our Habana notebooks are only available in black, red, and orange. A blog reader recently suggested that we add more colors to this lineup, so I thought I’d put the question out there: would you like to see more colorful notebook options? Which colors interest you?
We’re already planning a blue cover for our 2010 Habana planners, and we can certainly look into using it for our notebooks, too. The RLH notebook collection also offers some more interesting and colorful covers. And we’ve been talking about teaming up with a laser engraving service to offer cool cover art like this and this, though that’s still in the early stages.
Decopatch, of course, is another option we offer for craft-minded cover enthusiasts…
August 4th
Another update for those who are curious about the Habana… both Swisher Pens and The Daily Planner now carry them online.
Other retailers who’ve ordered them, in no particular order: Art Brown, America’s Office Supply, Dunkerley’s, Morgan Hill Bookstore, Bucknell University Bookstore, University COOP, Salt & Paper, Rubinstein’s, Plimpton’s, Oblation Papers & Press, Newtown Bookshop, Malaprops, Maine Coast Bookshop, and Jason’s Office Products.
July 25th
I’ve got good news for North Americans who are curious about our new Habana notebooks. We just shipped a bunch of them (with white, 80g paper) to various retailers; both the Daily Planner and Art Brown should have them… I don’t see them listed online yet, but I’m sure you could call the companies and order them over the phone.
Habanas with Ivory paper won’t be ready till later on this fall. Also, as Karen mentioned earlier, we’re currently looking for a couple of Habana reviewers! If you’re interested, please send us a message with your name, phone, and blog or website. Thanks!
July 25th
Here’s a query we recently received:
Love your Trinote weekly planner, but I was looking at the academic version (the Septanote) and noticed it is similar but more expensive. Why?
The reason the Septanote is more expensive than the Trinote is that our Hamburg, NY plant prints a lot more Trinotes than Septanotes—we can’t take advantage of the same economies of scale. The Septanote is getting more and more popular, though, so hopefully the price difference will narrow over time.
July 10th
Last year, Karen wrote about the Surf Divas, all-girls surf school in La Jolla, CA. Their planner of choice: the Trinote, with blue club covers.
This year, however, they’re trying out a similar, but slightly larger format—the Prenote. (Karen found some extra Prenotes lying around the office and decided to donate them.)
Happy surfing (and planning), Surf Divas!
June 23rd
In a recent review of our Texagenda planner, a reader from Des Moines, IA, wrote:
“I think it is unfortunate that you do NOT carry the refills at Barnes and Noble, where I purchased my textagenda. If I buy the refill online, it will cost me $4 more than buying a brand new cover AND planner at Barnes & Noble.”
To clear up any confusion, let me first explain that it’s Barnes & Noble who chooses which products they carry—not us. (If it were up to us, they would carry everything we sell!) If you shop there, and you don’t see what you’re looking for, you can always try asking the customer service department.
Secondly, we do take pricing seriously when it comes to our online vendors—though keep in mind that they shoulder an additional expense for the product’s shipping and handling. Nonetheless, we’re going to talk around and investigate rates and carriers…
June 20th
Looks like I’m not the only one who’s grown irrationally fond of Rhodia pencils. Blogger Michelle Krell Kydd recently posted her own ode to the quirky orange writing utensils: “a pencil for the senses,” as she put it.
As a side note, Michelle mentioned that she thinks “deleted words and phrases from my computer documents are sent to a hidden folder and rearranged to tell a tale I will be held accountable for in the future.” Oddly enough, a friend of mine, an artist, created a computer program that did just that for a piece he made last year—appropriately titled “Lost Words.”
Happy scribbling!
June 18th
In a recent “Talk of the Town,” playwright David Mamet revealed his dedication to Clairefontaine notebooks—and longhand composition: “I hate the computer… I hate their spell-check. I won’t ever do e-mail.”
(He does sometimes use a typewriter.)
“I’m afraid of only two things,” Mamet said, “Being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early in the morning and go to work.”
No writerly angst for him, thankyouverymuch…
June 12th
Many thanks to everyone who wrote in with comments and questions about our new Habana notebooks…
By way of update, I’d like to announce that we will be importing the French Habana into the U.S. late this fall (rather than manufacturing it here with U.S.-made paper and French-made covers, as we’d initially planned). France, meanwhile, is going to start producing the Habana with 80gr ivory paper, instead of the 60gr they’re currently using. So there won’t be any difference between the notebooks you’d buy here in North America vs. the ones you’d find in Europe and the UK.
Please let us know if you have any further questions, of course!
